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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I know all of this. I've been knowing this. Unfortunately these practices are reaching into every platform, just ramping up and being forced into every conceivable thing possible (not just social media) and it's becoming inescapable. Refusal to engage is becoming less of an option.

I remember participating in citizen science programs helping to train AI to recognise cancer cells, and being excited at seeing how it was being used to generate simple legal forms for people who couldn't afford a lawyer. Now it's just being used to strip mine for profit, undermine workers rights/cut jobs and churn out deepfake revenge porn before regulations come in.